In the early morning hours of June 13, 1969, the life of Clarence Smith, a 41-year-old Black/African American man also known as Clarence 13X, was cut short by violence. Smith was in the lobby of his girlfriend's apartment building in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan when he was fatally shot. The specific details of what led to the shooting in the lobby of the Martin Luther King Jr. Towers housing projects remain shrouded in mystery.
Clarence Smith was a significant figure in his commu
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